Valentines cards for children?

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I’m a dad with 2 daughters, 14 and 16. I’ve always given them Valentine’s Day cards and little gifts, and they’ve known it was me. When they were younger they didn’t of course appreciate the difference between the different types of love.

Now they are the age they are at, and in fact the older one has a boyfriend, and I am wondering should I continue to give them cards. I’d like to do so, they are teenagers and it has become more difficult for them to accept open affection from me, and it’s a way of showing I appreciate them. I am divorced and they don’t live with me, but they stay with me and we have plenty of other contact.

What do you think?

I always send an anonymous card to my DD. Now she's 13 she knows it's from me but I remember being disappointed as a child not getting any cards and all everyone talked about at school was how many they got. I make it as funny as possible but at least if someone asks she can rightly say she got one but it was anonymous!